The Fight for Workforce Equity on Kilimanjaro

“”Porters die every year,” Barnabas explains. “What’s the common cause of death? Not having good equipment.” Few trekking operators provide gear to guides and porters. Instead, local workers are often expected to purchase their own equipment—a significant financial burden given their salaries.”

 

Published: Jan 27, 2021
Length: 15 minutes (3,999 words)

It’s No Fun to Wake a Sleeping Bear

“Although bicycle accidents and dog bites result in far more human injuries and deaths in Alaska than bear attacks do, the image of an aggressive bear dwells among our greatest wildlife fears and fascinations.”

Source: Outside
Published: Aug 11, 2021
Length: 24 minutes (6,216 words)

‘All Roads Lead to Mar-a-Lago’: Inside the Fury and Fantasy of Donald Trump’s Florida

“Roger Stone, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Ben Shapiro—they’ve all made their way to the Sunshine State, fueling and profiting from a tabloid culture that turns politics into spectacle, arguably Florida’s greatest export.”

Author: Joe Hagan
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Aug 10, 2021
Length: 24 minutes (6,221 words)

How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle

“However it happened, anywhere between 20,000 and 130,000 people — estimates range wildly — are farming illegally within Bukit Barisan Selatan.”

Published: Aug 11, 2021
Length: 26 minutes (6,682 words)

Out of Control

“How the pandemic laid bare America’s diabetes crisis.”

Source: Reuters
Published: Aug 12, 2021
Length: 20 minutes (5,075 words)

How the Pandemic Ends

“Here, then, is the current pandemic dilemma: Vaccines remain the best way for individuals to protect themselves, but societies cannot treat vaccines as their only defense.”

Author: Ed Yong
Source: The Atlantic
Published: Aug 12, 2021
Length: 15 minutes (3,912 words)

What Mike Fanone Can’t Forget

“There is a thin blue line between order and chaos, and at that moment, Mike Fanone was it.”

Author: Molly Ball
Source: Time Magazine
Published: Aug 5, 2021
Length: 26 minutes (6,745 words)

Hidden Nashville

“It’s things that people never consider about homeless people. Like not having a pillow. I cannot describe to you how it feels to lay down in my own bed with a pillow. I’m just so grateful for a pillow, because I went so long without one.”

Published: Aug 10, 2021
Length: 13 minutes (3,425 words)

‘I Found Your Mom’

In October 2020, 41 years after his mother’s disappearance, Paul Wulff received an unexpected phone call.

Source: ESPN
Published: Aug 10, 2021
Length: 19 minutes (4,978 words)

Ghosts

“I didn’t know how to write about my sister’s death—so I had AI do it for me.”

Source: The Believer
Published: Aug 9, 2021
Length: 23 minutes (5,992 words)